..Mixed infections are infrequently reported, potentially because detection of two different Salmonella serotypes in blood cultures is technically challenging. We suggest laboratory strategies to aid in the recognition of mixed infections...

Janet A HindlerDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USAJ Clin Microbiol 51:1678-84. 2013

..Based on these data, we urge clinical laboratories to be aware of the variable results that can occur when using different methods for colistin MIC testing and, in particular, to use caution with the Etest...

Performance of Etest and disk diffusion for detection of ciprofloxacin and levofloxacin resistance in Salmonella enterica

..Categorical agreements for the ciprofloxacin and levofloxacin Etests were 89.6 and 83.7%, respectively. Disk diffusion categorical agreements were 88.2 and 93.3%, respectively. Only minor errors were observed. ..

Precision of vancomycin and daptomycin MICs for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and effect of subculture and storage

..g., MICs between serial 2-fold dilutions) is a possibility. A more accurate method for measuring vancomycin MIC results is thus possible, but further standardization of BMD testing would be required to achieve this goal...

Serological misdiagnosis of acute liver failure associated with echovirus 25 due to immunological similarities to hepatitis A virus and prozone effect